Canadian Heritage committee  I think that regulation will have to be seen another way. We will need strong funding for programming that our economic system in Canada can support. If there are no Canadian programs on the Internet that our kids want to watch, they will shift to non-Canadian and other culture

Canadian Heritage committee  We'll get back to you. Thank you very much.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would like to come back to the issue of marketing our films to Radio-Canada. Without a doubt, Radio-Canada and the CBC could buy more of our films. They only account for 14% of our television sales in Canada. That means that 86% of our sales are made to other broadcasters. The

Canadian Heritage committee  I am sorry, I do not have that information. On the other hand, I've heard that the amount the BBC spends on new digital operations is equal to the CBC's entire television budget. That's just to give you an example. As for new media, the BBC will allocate an amount equivalent to —

Canadian Heritage committee  —the entire amount that the CBC receives for its mainstream network.

Canadian Heritage committee  There are indeed many. We're talking about communities that don't get much coverage. They are production centres throughout Canada, in the Maritimes, in Ontario, that broadcast programming to francophone communities. You'll find these communities in every province. We're trying t

Canadian Heritage committee  I just want to give you a parallel with the documentary world, which we know very well. Canadian documentary production is very strong and recognized around the world. Why is that? Well, there is a tradition in Canada, of course. But there is also real funding for production in

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. Of course, this is such a complex question. I think one of the ways to achieve that goal of getting back the Canadian audience, and the younger audience, is to enhance all the sectors of production: kids production, youth production, production aimed at those audiences. I th

Canadian Heritage committee  We are a very special organization, being a public producer and distributor. In this world we're almost unique. There is an equivalent of the NFB in Australia, but our role and target every day is to do things that the private sector cannot do. We need to produce programming for

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, given our legal status, we cannot sell advertising. We are not a crown corporation; we're not allowed to do that. But we can partner with private corporations and we are currently discussing some deals where we could share revenues. At this stage I would say the bi

Canadian Heritage committee  I am having trouble commenting on that because I personally have not followed the recent events that you describe. However, having followed the CBC's situation very closely over the last 25 years, it seems to me that this is a recurring problem: the Corporation has always been sh

Canadian Heritage committee  We've been working for the last few years on trying to establish the right model for this vision and these exhibitions. Unfortunately, at this stage there is no real commercial model for those digital exportations. Broadcasters and ourselves are just trying to find the right angl

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, absolutely. The competition between the NFB and the CBC goes back to the birth of CBC television. From the outset, it was almost a family relationship: sometimes tense and sometimes very good. It is cyclical. It is true that over the last few years, thanks to the efforts of

Canadian Heritage committee  As I mentioned during my presentation, NFB productions are also in high demand by the other Canadian broadcasters. We are working on prestigious productions with CTV and Global. For example, last week, a very highly regarded film, Faith Without Fear, was broadcast on Global. We

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not sure that--